A program and workshop/panel discussion speakers of V-ROX are now clear

One of the important parts of V-ROX is creative labs, panel discussions and workshops. They will be held on “Barzha” (Sports Quay / Sportivnaya Naberezhnaya) on 29-31 of August. Speakers of V-ROX will be promoters and managers of festivals around the world, writers and enterpeters, representatives of companies connected to music industry. 

V-ROX will run a presentation of “ACT”, a book of a famous writer and journalist, Michail Idov; “Yandex.Music” team will talk about new possibilities for artists; Gibson will run a workshop, and Alexander Galushka, a minister of the development of Far East will come to talk about Pacific Russia.

If you’d like to take part in educational activities of the festival, please, sign up for them here. More info about speakers is here. All lectures and workshops are free of charge.  
 

LECTURE PROGRAM 

29th August

12:00—13:00

Online communication: the map of a minefield. How we kill each other with letters and how to avoid it. Online communication ethics. (Part 1)

Shashi Martynova (Moscow) — translator, editor 

14:00—15:00 

Words about music: from “Pitchfork” to “Act”. How the Internet has changed independent musician’s routine and music critic’s work. Presentation of the book “Act”

Michail Idov (Moscow) — writer, journalist, screenplay writer

 15:00—16:00 

Music and business: how to link incompatible, not to lose creativity and earn money

David Junk (USA) — GIBSON representative in Russia, Monte Malone (USA) — A&R Worldwide vice president, Lee Kyu Young (South Korea) — director of Pentaport Rock Festival
 

30th August

11:00—12:00

“Yandex. Music”: new opportunities for users and artists

Konstantin Vorontsov (Moscow) — head of “Yandex. Music”, Irina Lebedeva (Moscow) — head of partners cooperation department at “Yandex. Music”, Dmitriy Rodin (Moscow) — head of content management

13:00—14:00

Pacific Russia — existence, development and perspectives

Maxim Nemtsov (Moscow) — translator, editor, Vasiliy Avchenko (Vladivostok) —  writer, Alexandr Galushka (Moscow) — minister of development of Far East in Russian Federation

14:00—15:00

Music tours in Asia — myths and reality

Archi Hamilton (China) — promoter, Naoki Shimizu (Japan) — the president of Creativeman Productions Co. LTD., organizer of Summer Sonic, Yoon Yung Kong (South Korea) — organizer of ZANDARI FESTA, Rob Kelso (USA) — Creativeman Productions Co. LTD representative
 

31st August 

12:00—13:00

GIBSON masterclass

Jensen Press (France) 

13:00—14:30

Online communication: the map of a minefield. How we kill each other with letters and how to avoid it. Online communication ethics. (Part 2)

Shashi Martynova (Moscow) — translator, editor